Hand-brake attachment.



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WILLIAM A. HUBBARD, OF HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON.

HAND-BRAKE ATTACHMENT.

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Application filed September 1?-, 1915.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, VViLLiAM A. HUB- lsann, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hoquiam, in the county or' Grays Harbor and State of l/Vashington, have made an Improvement in Hand-Brake A tachnients, or' which the following is a specification.

My invention is embodied particularly in an improved ratchet-and-pawl attachment of a. brake rod or stall for railway cars, whereby greater rigidity and strength also security are obtained.,

The details of construction, arrangement, and operation are as hereinafter described` and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a plan view of the invention. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa horizontal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l.

:a indicates the top or roof and adjacent end of a freight car, and y indicates a portion of a brake rod or sta which is arranged vertically in the usual way. This stad has its bearing in the projecting narrowed end of a metal plate l, which is bolted in a horizontal position to the roof of the car w. As will be seen in Figs. 2 and 3,

the plate is tapered to compensate for the inclination or" the car roof, so that its upper side is horizontal.

A gravity pawl 2 is pivoted between two parallel vertical lugs, or anges, 3 and l,

which are cast integrally with the plate 1.

The pawl is pivoted on a bolt 5 passing through coincident holes in the lugs, and the pivotal point 1s nearer the outer end of the pawl so that the heavier inner end rests normally upon the plate 1, as shown 1n Fig. 2.

The outer and shorter arm of the pawl is raised from the plate, as shown in Fig. 2.

The inner peint the pawl engages a ratchet disk 6, which is keyed on the brakerod or statil y and whose periphery is constructed with radial teeth. It is apparent that, by pressure upon the shorter raised arm of the pawl, its inner heavier end may` Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1916.

Serial No. 51,250.

be raised out of engagement with the ratchet, as indicated by dotted lines, Fig. z. The construction and arrangement of the pawl as described insure its normal engagement with the ratchet and prevent disengagement by 'jars and jolts of the car in ruiming. It will also be noted that the pawl and lugs being practically in the same horizontal plane with the ratchet disk, they occupy minimum space in that plane.

. It will be observedsee Fig. l-that the lng 3 is longer and therefore stronger than the lug 4, this construction being adopted for the reason that the lug 3 sustains more weight and pressure than the other. The strength and rigidity of the plate and its lugs, and the security of the pawl against accidental displacement, and the economy of construction of the attachment as a whole render it superior in operation and use.

I claim l. In a hand-brake attachment the combination of a base plate having parallel vertical perforated lugs, a weighted pawl pivoted between said lugs,v a vertical brake sta-li or rod and a disk ratchet keyed thereon horizontally and having its periphery constructed with radial teeth, thc pawl being arranged to swing' vertically or in a plane at right angles to the ratchet whereby it is adapted to engage the ratchet when its* inner end rests on the base plate and to be disengaged therefrom when its outer shorter arm rests on the base plate, as described.

2. A hand-brake attachment comprising a horizontal base plate having a bearing.

Copies of this patent may 'be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. C. 

